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Rash of Counterfeit Bills Reported

Businesses across Fort Smith reported a rash of counterfeit bills being passed, according to the Fort Smith Police Department.

Several of the fake bills being were passed at various businesses Monday, according to police reports.

The Police Department received reports that two counterfeit $20 bills were passed at Sonic Drive-In, 4730 Grand Ave., a counterfeit $20 bill at McDonald’s Restaurant, 2221 Grand Ave., a counterfeit $10 bill at Garrison Point Convenience, 415 Garrison Ave., and another counterfeit $20 at another Sonic, 2210 Midland Blvd. Also, a U.S. postal worker reported that a heavyset white female came into the Post Office at 3100 Wirsing Ave., and paid for a $60 money order with three counterfeit $20 bills, according to a police report.

Suspect vehicles were described as a white, possibly hatch-back, sedan, a maroon compact passenger sedan, a brown vehicle with tinted windows and a red vehicle with tinted windows, according to the reports.

Anyone with information regarding the origin of the counterfeit bills is asked to call Fort Smith police at (479) 709-5100.